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watertight
[ waw-ter-tahyt, wot-er- ]
adjective
- constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water:
The ship had six watertight compartments.
- so devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade, or nullify:
a watertight contract; a watertight alibi.
watertight
/ ˈɔːəˌٲɪ /
adjective
- not permitting the passage of water either in or out
a watertight boat
- without loopholes
a watertight argument
- kept separate from other subjects or influences
different disciplines are often thought of in watertight compartments
Derived Forms
- ˈɲٱˌپٲԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɲt·پn noun
- ԴDz·ɲt·پ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of watertight1
Example Sentences
Argyll and Bute Council has said the existing high school in Tobemory is in poor condition and it is increasingly expensive to keep it wind and watertight.
Future work includes emptying Dundee's East Graving Dock, repairing it with a new watertight chamber, making it structurally sound, and refilling it to receive HMS Unicorn, which will be floated over a supportive cradle.
It also found design standards to be "poor with all the vessels lacking watertight bulkheads, doors and hatches".
West Ham haven't been watertight at the back this season but Fabianski is as cheap as they get and faces the league's lowest scoring team.
"If we're going to see retailers implement these systems where you can only access a certain price through the schemes, then you absolutely have to make sure they're watertight," she says.
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